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UK politician: Blair, Brown too close to Murdoch

LONDON -Britain's politicians and its powerful media were uncomfortably close while Tony Blair ran the country, a former U.K. minister said Wednesday.

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Jack Straw Admits He Used To 'Gossip' With Rebekah Brooks Weekly On The Train

Former Cabinet minister Jack Straw has told how he used to "gossip" with Rebekah Brooks on the train every week.

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Jack Straw Tells Leveson Rupert Murdoch Likes To 'Play' With Political Leaders

Rupert Murdoch liked to "play with political leaders" by tempting them with the possibility that his newspapers would support them, Jack Straw has said.

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Theresa May Death Threat: Man Bailed Over 'Threatening To Kill Home Secretary And Jack Straw'

A man has been bailed after allegedly threatening to kill Home Secretary Theresa May and one of her predecessors Jack Straw, police said today.

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Abdel Hakim Belhaj Rendition Case: Libya Islamist Leader Takes Legal Action Against Former British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw

Lawyers for a Libyan military commander said Wednesday they are taking civil legal action against Britain's former foreign secretary over claims he approved the Libyan's rendition to face imprisonment and torture by Moammar Gadhafi's regime.

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05/29/12 The whiplash scam Source: Express.co.uk We, like every other motor insurer, are plagued with whiplash claims.
05/24/12 Clutching at Straw Source: Law Gazette Jack Straw has trousered well north of Â£100,000 in extra-parliamentary earnings since the last election.
05/23/12 Jack Straw could face legal action over rendition... Source: Telegraph - London - UK "There were different types of torture â the emotional, the physical, the electrocution, the insults, the humiliation, the threats," he said.
05/21/12 Blair-Bush call 'must be released' Source: New Ross Standard Extracts from a record of a phone call between Tony Blair and George W Bush on the eve of the Iraq War must be released, a tribunal has ruled.
05/21/12 UK politician: Blair, Brown too close to Murdoch Source: AOL Money & Finance LONDON -Britain's politicians and its powerful media were uncomfortably close while Tony Blair ran the country, a former U.K. minister said Wednesday.

Background on jack straw

John Whitaker "Jack" Straw (born 3 August 1946) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Blackburn since 1979. He served as Home Secretary from 1997 to 2001, Foreign Secretary from 2001 to 2006 and Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons from 2006 to 2007 under Tony Blair.

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